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Politics

Clinton Hears Big Oil

By Matthew Yglesias
February 18, 2008
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Throughout the bulk of the campaign season, Hillary Clinton's been full of tough talk about cracking down on the oil companies. She's also repeatedly, and correctly, criticized Barack Obama's vote in favor of a pretty bad industry-friendly 2005 energy bill. But now that the campaign's shifted to Texas, it seems she wants us to know that she "recognizes the continuing vital role of the oil and gas industry".